MAP3K4 and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: Additionally, analysis of our RNA-seq data and GSE159676 datasets also indicated that patients with NAFLD had significantly higher levels of MAP3K4 expression compared to controls (9.45 ± 0.17 vs. 9.11 ± 0.25 p = 0.0364) (Fig. 4C, Additional file 2).